With last-ditch efforts to remain open unsuccessful, the Venice Club of Brookfield will shut down after dinner service May 9, more than six decades after it first began serving its Italian-American dishes.

Casper "Cap" Balistreri, who is operating the restaurant after the 2013 death of the owner, his sister, said he was unable to strike a deal with the lender that holds the mortgage. | April 29, 2014»Read Full Article(2)

Rylance, a University School of Milwaukee alumnus, received a nomination as a leading actor in a play for "Richard III" and another for his featured role in "Twelfth Night." | April 29, 2014»Read Full Article

They will join Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia, Mark Hammill as Luke Skywalker, Peter Mayhew as Chewbaca and Kenny Baker as R2D2 from the original "Star Wars" films. | April 29, 2014»Read Full Blog Post(2)

There's a lot to be said for chamber groups that play together for years, and the Prometheus Trio said a good deal of it on Monday evening.

Performing to a nearly full house in the Wisconsin Conservatory's Bader Recital Hall, the trio presented a beautifully balanced program of music by Haydn, Schönberg and Brahms, playing with the sort of comfortable communication and mutual musical understanding that come from years of working together. | April 29, 2014»Read Full Article